| Veronica jovellanoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Veronica |
| Species: | V. jovellanoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Veronica jovellanoides Garn.-Jones & de Lange
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Veronica jovellanoides, commonly known as Riverhead speedwell, is a threatened flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is endemic to New Zealand, where only three plants are known in the wild. All are found within the Ernest Morgan Reserve, a 20 ha forest northwest of Auckland. Its discovery is accredited to a retired plant nursery owner, Geoff Davidson, who organised the land's protection a few decades prior, and found it by chance on a walk in November 2007.[3]
V. jovellanoides has a prostrate growth habit, forming large 2 to 3 m (6.6 to 9.8 ft) mats on the ground, and long stems with small, spatula-shaped leaves. Flowering begins in spring (September to November in New Zealand), producing small four-petalled white flowers which have a purple ring around their throats; the inner and centre-most section of the flower.[4] Once pollinated, these become small brown seeds which are dispersed by the wind.
- ^ "Assessment details for Veronica jovellanoides Garn-Jones & de Lange". New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). Department of Conservation (New Zealand). 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "August 2019". Oratia Native Plant Nursery. Archived from the original on 28 May 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ Woolley, Scott Clark; Farace, Michael G. (1997). Cakes by Design: The Magical World of Sugar Art. Internet Archive. Woodstock; New York: Overlook Press. p. 250. ISBN 978-0-87951-674-1.